Paleo Basics & Beyond

How to Eat Paleo

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Adhering to Paleo Diet Basics is Tricky in Our Current Food System, But Here's Help

At the center of the paleo diet is the philosophy that eating minimally processed, whole foods is the key to good health.

Taking inspiration from our Paleolithic­ era, hunter­ gatherer ancestors, the modern paleo template centers around eating plenty of meat and vegetables while avoiding dairy, grains, refined sugar, alcohol, and more—processed foods that, as a result of organized agriculture, were introduced to human diets after the Paleolithic period. The chart below summarizes the essence of the paleo diet.

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